If you bought one even five years ago, your investment has paid off. Now, an example of the 1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie card (M101-5), produced while the Babe was still toiling for the Boston Red Sox, is being offered on eBay. Pre-War Card Collector Auctions launched the ten-day sale for a PSA 5 example on Sunday night. This specific card last traded hands via … [Read more...]
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Gary Hughes Collection Highlights Memory Lane Winter Auction
One of the best known sets of 1953 Topps baseball cards is among more than 1,000 lots in the current Memory Lane’s 2014 Winter Auction. The set, loaded with PSA 8 (nm/mt) cards, is part of a collection consigned by collector Gary Hughes, who has spent nearly a half century working in professional baseball. Currently a special advisor to the Boston Red Sox, Hughes has also … [Read more...]
1948-49 Leaf Babe Ruth Honored Late Hero
Even after his death in August 1948, Babe Ruth was still a larger than life figure both in baseball as well as in American society. Thus it was little wonder that the Leaf Chewing Gum Company included Ruth in their 1949 Leaf set. I do understand that at one point we used to call this a 1948 set but after dogged research from long-time dealer and hobbyist Ted Zanidakis about 20 … [Read more...]
W514 Babe Ruth: The Next Break Out Bambino Baseball Card?
He's recession proof. For collectors, investors and baseball historians, his name attached to anything associated with his playing or coaching days is golden. Two of his first-ever baseball cards broke records this month. His first real big league card continues to climb in value. The hobby is looking for a potential bargain amid the high dollar avalanche of Babe Ruth cards … [Read more...]
Memory Lane to Exhibit Don Spence Collection of Babe Ruth Cards
The greatest collection of Babe Ruth baseball cards ever assembled will be on display at this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore August 1-5. The Don Spence Babe Ruth Master Collection is ranked as the finest in existence on PSA’s Set Registry. Spence, a long-time collector of rare and vintage baseball cards and memorabilia, has pieced together a … [Read more...]
Ruth Cards Top Auction
There is still no shortage of collectors with significant disposable income who are willing to go all in on vintage Babe Ruth cards. Two high grade Goudeys and a rare rookie card drew the largest bids in Goodwin & Company's Masterpieces & Uncommon Commons XLI auction ending early Thursday morning. A PSA 8 graded 1933 Goudey #53 topped bidding at $48,464 including … [Read more...]
Vintage Baseball Pictures Key 1934 Butterfinger Set
The Butterfinger candy bar was invented in 1923 by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago. 11 years later, buying one for a nickel got you a nifty 7 3/4" x 9 1/2" photo of a baseball star. The 1934 Butterfinger baseball card set doesn't get the same respect as its more popular cousins in the realm of pre-War baseball issues, but it's also not going to force you into … [Read more...]
